6 Delicious Seitan Recipes

Dense and chewy seitan — cooked wheat gluten — is almost pure protein. Clearly, though, seitan is not for anyone with gluten sensitivity. Store-bought seitan usually comes in 8-ounce packages or 16-ounce tubs, or you can make Homemade Seitan with the recipe on this site. It’s a hearty plant-based protein with an almost meaty texture. Here are 6 of our favorite ways to use this versatile food. Seitan Gyros is a kinder, gentler version of the Greek meat-on-a-pita classic. Seitan makes a superb stand-in, and the shortcut creamy cucumber dressing gives the entire enterprise a refreshing zip.

Valerie B.

March 20, 2015 at 12:10 pm

I just love the looks of these dishes as I am thinking of switching from meat. I suffer from an auto immune illness and started juicing and eating lots more vegetables and is feeling a whole lot better. So I came across these menu and is fascinating by them.